In 1870 this plant was brought to Guyana country Guyana to Vietnam. With the fruit of Viet Nam is considered to bring many benefits or blessings. The term dragon fruit appears because this fruit is often placed between two dragon statues in offerings on the altar. From this habit then people call it Viet Nam thang loy which means dragon fruit. The term thang loy is then translated into English as dragon fruit. There is also an opinion called dragon fruit, because the entire length of the trunk goes like a dragon.
Each country has different terms for this fruit, for example: Feuy Long Kwa (China), Thanh Long or Clever Dragon (Viet Nam), Kaew Mangkorn (Thailand), Mie Kuo Shien (Taiwan), Pitahaya (Mexico), Melano Hawaii) , Rhino Fruits (Australia). While internationally this fruit is called Dragon Fruit.
In Indonesia itself called dragon fruit and some are calling it cactus cactus or sweet honey. Joko Raino Sigit environmental engineering graduate S2 UNS Delanggu citizen, Klaten, Central Java is the first entrepreneur to develop and utilize these fruits in Indonesia.
Basically dragon fruit can grow with soil conditions and height of various sizes. Malang is located at 700 meters from 400 - sea level, ideal for fruit cultivation. In Indonesia the fruit is widely cultivated in Mojokerto, Pasuruan, Malang, Jember, Banyuwangi, and Ponorogo.
FORM AND TYPE OF DRAGON FRUITS
Dragon fruit has a distinctive shape, ie scaly or frayed on the outside. Mostly red, but pink and yellow. Various colored contents depending on the type with small seeds. Some of the contents or the flesh is what we eat. It is sweet, fresh, slightly acidic and very distinctive.
Generally the fruit is consumed in the form of fresh fruit as a reliever and thirst. This is because the water content is very high about 90 percent of average fruit weight reaches half to 1 kilogram, taste this sweet because the sugar content reaches 13-18 briks.
There are four types of dragon fruit, namely:
Hylocereus undatus, • the outside is red with white flesh.
Hylocereus polyrhizus, • pink outside with red meat.
Selenicereus megalanthus, • yellow exterior and white flesh color.
Hylocereus costaricensis, with a very red meat color.
THE BENEFIT OF FRUIT FRUIT FOR HEALTH
It has been mentioned upfront that the benefits of dragon fruit are lively discussed. Here are some benefits of dragon fruit for health:
• Can prevent free radicals and protect from cancer, as a source of very positive antioxidants.
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Remove toxic substances such as heavy metals present in the body. Dragon fruit can also lower high blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
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• Beneficial boost immunity, because the fruit contains lots of vitamin c.
• Can improve and restore reduced appetite, because it contains vitamin B2 such as multivitamins.
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• Contains vitamin B1 to help increase energy production and carbohydrate metabolism.
• Helps to lose weight and shrink the stomach with regular added exercise.
A complete and in-depth study of the benefits of dragon fruit may not have been much, but it is believed that many fruits contain vitamin C, beta carotene, calcium, and carbohydrates. It also contains high fiber because the cancer-causing carcinogens bind and accelerate the digestive process.
The benefits of dragon fruit are less commonly known as: oral hygiene, prevention and bleeding, vaginal discharge, complaints to prevent colon cancer, kidney function and bone strengthening, strengthen the workings of the brain, improve eye sharpness, and cosmetic ingredients, treat, treat hypertensive constipation , and smooth the skin.
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